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by Jesse Eisinger

It's (Really) the Economy, Stupid

Posted Apr 14 08

The worst Wall Street turmoil in a generation is going to wipe every other issue off the table for the next president. Continue

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Posted Mar 17 08

Lose billions of dollars as a result of bad loans? Get a bigger bonus. Negotiate a dumb mortgage for that house you can't afford? Get bailed out by the Fed. These are heady days in the No-Consequences Economy. Continue

Would You Buy a Bridge From Warren Buffett?

Posted Feb 12 08

The famed investor is getting into municipal-bond insurance. Too bad the industry is a racket. Continue

Wall Street's Next Crisis

Posted Dec 17 07

Now that the subprime shakeout is nearly over, another real estate mess looms, this time in commercial property. Continue

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Posted Dec 09 07

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Wall Street Requiem

Posted Oct 15 07

The big investment banks, loaded with dangerous amounts of debt, are facing their own version of a subprime slump. Can they all survive? Continue

Crash Test Economy

Posted Sep 17 07

Twenty years after Black Monday, we’re in the same predicament as we were in 1987—except this time, it’s worse. Continue

A Legend's Bloated Legacy

Posted Aug 13 07

Sandy Weill’s Citigroup is staggering under its own excessive weight. Continue

The $300 Trillion Time Bomb

Posted Mar 29 07

If Warren Buffett can't figure out derivatives, can anybody? Continue

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